treacherous world

The carriage went round and round, crossed the alleys and crossed the long street, until it stopped in front of an inn on the outskirts of the city.

Bai Yutang frowned and looked at the plaque of the inn - Yanhua Building, and stopped Zhan Zhao who was about to get off and follow him.

"Huh?" Zhan Zhao turned to look at Bai Yutang, "They seem to want to eat, so let's go in and eat too. We can pretend to meet by chance, and the boy driving the car must know us, so we will go up and chat with each other when the time comes!"

While speaking, he saw the boy jump out of the carriage, lift the curtain, and help a person from the carriage.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang had heard the voice of the person in the car before, and thought it must be an old man. This time, the person who came out was wearing a bamboo hat, so he couldn't see his appearance clearly...but his body was straight, he didn't look like an old man, His movements are also flexible, I don't know what the boy is going to do to help him... I feel that his physique should be pretty good.

"He's not short." Zhan Zhao thought he was quite tall from the top, but from the bottom he was probably taller than himself and Bai Yutang. Is there such a tall old man?

Speaking of height, Zhan Zhao suddenly asked Bai Yutang, "By the way, how tall is Brother Bai?"

Bai Yutang was stunned, then looked at Zhan Zhao, "How tall are you?"

Zhan Zhao frowned slightly, "I'll ask you first."

"What does this have to do with who asked one after the other?" Bai Yutang laughed...the two were competing, when they heard that someone from Yanhua Building had already come out to greet the guests. Coincidentally, it was a female boss who came to invite people happily. went inside.

Zhan Zhao wanted to go down, but Bai Yutang held him back.

Zhan Zhao looked at him puzzled, "Why do you always stop me?"

Bai Yutang felt helpless, "You cat, have you ever been to Songjiang Mansion? Do you know where this Yanhua Tower is?!"

Zhan Zhao rubbed his nose, "Is it an inn or a restaurant, what is there to be nervous about?"

Bai Yutang looked up at the sky, "Yanhua Building is another homonym of Firework Building!"

"Fireworks..." Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows and stared at Bai Yutang with wide eyes, "Could it be..."

"Yeah!" Bai Yutang nodded, "It's the place of fireworks, and it's not as clearly defined as in the city."

"What is unclear?" Zhan Zhao was at a loss.

"Are you from the Jianghu?" Bai Yutang frowned, "You have been out in the Jianghu since you were 14, and you don't even understand that!"

"You have to know the place of fireworks if you are going to the rivers and lakes!" Zhan Zhao was annoyed, squinting his eyes slightly to look elsewhere, and muttered, "It's not like you, Bai Wuye, who is so romantic!"

"I didn't say that myself, and I don't know who spread it." Bai Yutang was a little disappointed, Zhan Zhao tugged at his sleeve, "Oh, what do you mean you can't tell? Tell me everything!"

Bai Yutang thought for a while, then leaned into Zhan Zhao's ear and said, "It's just a mix of chicken and duck."

"Ah?" Zhan Zhao looked surprised, it was the first time he heard that there was still such a business.However, Zhan Zhao also backed down, the brothel was better, he was afraid of entering the small brothel, how should I put it, it's not that there is nothing to look down on, it's just that all the big men are sissy, It looked weird.

"Don't you think it's strange." Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao, "An old man...and a boy with him, why are you here?"

Zhan Zhao thought for a while, his face became a bit complicated, "Is this..."

Bai Yutang frowned and pushed him, "What are you thinking about!"

Zhan Zhao was annoyed, "Are you sure I'm going to think about it? I'll think about whatever you think!"

Bai Yutang opened his mouth and rubbed his forehead, feeling that arguing with him would be fruitless, it was more important to be serious, "Otherwise... find someone to ask first."

"Oh." Zhan Zhao nodded in agreement.

Bai Yutang jumped downstairs, found a gangster on the side of the road, gave him some money, and asked him to go to Yanhua Tower to inquire.After a while, the little gangster came out and said, "Fifth Master, I asked, and the shopkeeper said that those two people have entered Mr. Liu's house, and they seem to be acquaintances."

"Young Master Liu?" Bai Yutang was stunned, and asked, "Which Young Master Liu?"

"Liu Yifan, Mr. Liu!" The little bastard showed some weird smiles on his face, "Have you never heard of the fifth master? You are amazing Mr. Liu! This is one of the four masters of the Songjiang Mansion."

"Stunning and gorgeous can you be ranked fourth?" Zhan Zhao suddenly asked with great interest, "Where does Fifth Master Bai rank?"

Before he finished speaking, he saw the little bastard's face turned pale, took a deep breath, turned around and ran away.

Zhan Zhao felt puzzled, looked back, and saw Bai Yutang's ashen face, gritted his teeth, "Damn cat, you are talking about the young man!"

"Uh……"

Embarrassed, Zhan Zhao opened his mouth, then reached out and patted Bai Yutang's shoulder, "So it's like this...hehe."

Bai Yutang sighed, and if he looked for the little bastard again, he would be gone, otherwise ask him more about Liu Yifan.

"Then is there something wrong with Mr. Liu?" Zhan Zhao pondered for a while, "I really want to meet him, why don't we go in?"

Bai Yutang seemed a little embarrassed, "Hmm..."

"What's the matter?" Zhan Zhao thought for a while, then smiled, "I understand, you don't know anyone in the Songjiang Mansion of Fifth Master Bai, if it gets out that you came here to find Mr. Liu, it will be troublesome After thinking about it, Zhan Zhao pointed to the roof, "There is something to do, you go up and wait, they don't know me, I'll go in and find him."

"Why did you go in to find him?" Bai Yutang was surprised.

"Let's talk." Zhan Zhao was quite confident.

"Aren't you most afraid of the young lady?"

"Uh..." Zhan Zhao only thought that the other party should not know him, and he was not afraid of being recognized, but he forgot about it.

"Forget it!" Bai Yutang shook his head, "Let's both go to the room!"

Zhan Zhao had no choice but to agree, Mr. Liu's house is easy to find, it is said that he is the number one in Yanhua Building, so he should live in No. [-] Tianzi room.

Bai Yutang pointed to the first room on the east side of the second floor, Zhan Zhao understood, and jumped into the room together with him.Both of them were masters, and they landed on the roof without a sound, without making a sound.

He picked up a tile first, and saw that it was in the corridor... The young man opened the door with a tea tray and walked out, closed the door, yawned, and walked to the other end.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, stared quietly, and saw him enter another hut, the two deduced the location, and found the tiles on the top floor of that room, opened it and looked down... …

The boy was taking off his clothes and going to bed, he was the only one in the room, and the lights were turned off quickly.

In this way, his master may still be in Mr. Liu's house, and the two returned to the roof of the first house to the east. Take advantage of the situation and reach out.

The two cooperated seamlessly, and the tiles were removed without any movement, and of course the people in the house were not disturbed.But when the two of them looked inside, they realized that the movement of the people in the house was too loud, not to mention lifting a tile, even if the roof was removed, they might not be able to find it.

The two first heard the sound of clattering and clattering from below, and when they saw it, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang felt their eyelids twitch... They saw a large table of four people, male and female, playing horseshoes.

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang suspiciously, and Bai Yutang also laughed... This Mr. Liu is quite a marketer, and he has to recite poems and compose right things no matter what, he didn't expect to hit the horse hanging directly.

The two waited on the room for a long time, but they didn't hear any secrets, but they were confused all over the place.Zhan Zhao looked carefully...the old man in black was not among the people who hit the horseshoes...and there seemed to be no handsome men with outstanding temperament. In other words, Mr. Liu was not there either? !

Zhan Zhao covered the tiles and looked at Bai Yutang suspiciously.

Bai Yutang also didn't understand, so he could only shake his head—could there be some other mechanism inside?

Zhan Zhao thinks it's possible, or it may be that they deliberately asked someone to make such a loud noise so that no one could eavesdrop on their conversation.

Afterwards, the two almost ran over the entire roof, turned over the tiles and looked down, but still found nothing, and gradually became depressed.

"Huh..." Bai Yutang sat on the roof, "Cat... there is no clue, the two disappeared out of thin air?"

"After following for a long time, I just followed a carriage." Zhan Zhao was also quite depressed.

When the two said this, they were silent for a moment, and suddenly they looked at each other—horse!Yes, there are carriages too!

After jumping off the roof, the two walked around to the door of the stable in the backyard.

The door of the stable was open, and several horses were raised in the compartments inside. A stableman was adding fodder for the horses to eat at night. As the saying goes, horses will not be fat without night grass!What both of them couldn't understand was, how could there be so many good horses in such an ordinary small restaurant... Is it really so easy to do business? !

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang quickly found the two red-eyed horses, and the stablekeeper seemed to be not surprised. After adding fodder, he turned and went back to the hut beside him to sleep.

The carriage was parked next to the stables, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang hurried to the side of the carriage.

Lifting the curtain of the car and looking inside... The two didn't expect to find anything inside, but there was one thing in the car that caught their attention—a string of wind chimes.

It was a string of black and brown wooden wind chimes, exactly the same as the string on the big ship shrine that day!Hanging on the roof.

Zhan Zhao glanced at Bai Yutang, and Bai Yutang suddenly asked, "Oh, cat, have you ever stolen anything?"

Zhan Zhao was surprised.

Bai Yutang stretched out his hand.

"Hello!" Zhan Zhao lowered his voice to stop him, but Bai Yutang had already taken down the string of wind chimes, "Take it to the old man to see if he recognizes what it is? Can't you just bring it back to him later?! "

Zhan Zhao thinks about it too, anyway, no one knows that the two of them took it.

Bai Yutang picked up the wind chime, groped around in the car, and found that there was nothing else, so he dragged Zhan Zhao and ran away quickly.

The two got into a side alley, Zhan Zhao leaned against the wall and laughed, Bai Yutang asked him, "What are you laughing at?!"

"The first time..." Zhan Zhao stretched out a finger, "It's my first time being a thief!"

Bai Yutang also found it funny, took out the string of wind chimes, and illuminated them under the moonlight, it was no longer that brown-black color, but thick blood red...it was indescribably weird.

Bai Yutang looked at it for a while, then suddenly frowned and asked Zhan Zhao, "Do you smell a bloody smell?"

Zhan Zhao also nodded, feeling that the smell seemed to be coming from the wind chime, so he wanted to get close to smell it.

"Wait!" Bai Yutang hastily stopped him, "Be careful, this smell is ghostly, talk to the old man after he has seen it!"

The two quickly rushed to the residence of Lao Crazy Li.

Along the way, the evening wind was blowing, and the wooden wind chime in Bai Yutang's hand rattled. This sound was different from other wind chimes, which were crisp and melodious, and it was uncomfortable to listen to.

……

Inside the other courtyard on the empty island.

Gongsun was reading those files seriously, while Zhao Pu sat at the table and studied with the picture.He had seen many maps during the war, and was familiar with geography, but he couldn't understand this map, was it a map for navigation, or something else?

The stove was lit in the room, and on the wool blanket on one side, the stone and the scissors were nestled together, and the little four leaned between them, earnestly weaving some red ropes.

"Jin'er, what did you make up?" Xiao Hao approached curiously.

"Today, the aunts in the courtyard went to Yuelao Temple to ask for a lottery. I asked them to bring me a marriage rope." The fourth son twisted and chose a more comfortable position to lie down. Shitou took the opportunity to lick him twice , wagging his tail.

"Marriage rope?" Xiao Liang's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he asked with a smile, "Is it for me?"

The fourth son narrowed his eyes and looked at him, "That's not it!"

Xiao Liang was discouraged, "Who did you make up Jin'er for?"

"For Miaomiao and Baibai!" The fourth son said with a smile, "Little Liangzi, why are you here? We have already made a decision."

"Cough..." Zhao Pu was drinking water, and after hearing what the fourth son said, he hurried over and asked, "What have you two decided?"

The fourth son blushed and pushed Zhao Pu away, "Don't tell Jiujiu."

"Don't tell me?!" Zhao Pu rushed forward to tickle the fourth son, Xiao Liang hurriedly joined the battle to protect the giggling and straight son, the three of them rolled into a ball, and the stone and scissors also got excited, squeaking and screaming Bounce.

Gongsun was thinking about it, when he heard the noise in the room, one big and two young people were arguing upside down, he sighed helplessly, and looked at them with his chin in his hand.

"Study, how are you watching?" Seeing that he finally raised his head, Zhao Pu couldn't help but said, "Don't read, come and rest for a while."

"Yes, Daddy, rest for a while!" The fourth son also came to drag Gongsun.

"Oh, I can't rest." Gongsun picked up the fourth son, "The more I look at it, the more I get a headache."

"Huh?" Zhao Pu walked over, and saw several volumes spread out in front of Gongsun, with some patterns and words on them...

"I've seen this wind chime before." Zhao Pu pointed to the wind chime pattern in the book, and said, "That day on the big ship, it hung on the shrine. Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang should have seen it too."

"This wind chime..." Gongsun frowned and asked Zhao Pu, "Have you heard of Yin soldiers?"

Zhao Pu was stunned for a while, his expression was ugly, "The Yin soldiers are rumors."

"So you've really heard of it?" Gongsun asked.

"Of course I've heard of it." Zhao Pu smiled, and stretched out his hand to poke the little four who was sitting on Gongsun's lap and continued to weave the red rope. "I used to... when I was fighting in the desert, I heard that there were such soldiers."

Xiao Liang also moved a stool to listen, Yin soldiers...

"The earliest record should be at the end of the Han Dynasty?" Gongsun asked, "It is said that when the Yin soldiers came, the black wind rolled and drummed, covering the sky and covering the sky. It is also said that the lightning and thunder made the Yin soldiers come from the sky. Crawling out from the cracks in the ground... These Yin soldiers are brave and won't bleed, they have to break up to subdue them completely, otherwise they will continue to fight even if they only have one hand left."

"It's just a legend." Zhao Pu laughed. "Some say it's a soul who died in vain on the battlefield, and some say it's a soldier borrowed from the underworld using psychic techniques... Anyway, I haven't seen it! Think about it this way, Xixia Daliao. There are a lot of demons and demons, if there is such a spell, they would have called the Yin soldiers to destroy me, Da Song, so why bother to be angry, right?"

"That's true." Gongsun picked up the file and carefully looked at the pattern of the wind chime under the light, "It is said that this is the soul calling bell...it can attract Yin soldiers."

……

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang went round and round to the vicinity of Li Laofeng'er's house, and got lost twice on the way.This small alley in the south of the Yangtze River is really fatal, and I fainted if I was not careful.

Zhan Zhao deliberately teased Bai Yutang, "Oh, fifth master, don't you know the way? It's a good thing you're a local."

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao helplessly, and was about to say something back to him, when suddenly... he heard something behind him.

Bai Yutang stopped, and looked back.

"What's wrong?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"Did you hear..."

"Roar……"

Before Bai Yutang finished asking, Zhan Zhao also heard a strange sound, similar to the low growl of a wild animal, and the voice sounded a bit unfriendly.

"Wild dog?" Zhan Zhao looked back, but didn't see any wild beasts, and didn't feel the breath of living things.

Bai Yutang frowned, "Maybe it's the wind?"

"It's possible!" Zhan Zhao nodded, at this moment, the two of them just turned into the alley facing the gate of Li Laofeng'er's house.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang felt at ease when they saw the two bronze mirrors with the moonlight shining against them - this time they didn't go the wrong way.

Just when he reached the door and wanted to smash it, Bai Yutang suddenly stopped and stared at a bronze mirror at the door.

"cat."

"Huh?" Zhan Zhao was puzzled, and watched with Bai Yutang...the mirror was just facing the entrance of the alley, and the moonlight was shining tonight.

Through the mirror, the two saw a black figure at the entrance of the alley.